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Broadcasts, Advertising, and Promotions Related to the 2024 NCAA Basketball Championships

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The NCAA national men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will begin on March 17, 2024 and end with the national championship games in early April. Broadcast stations often conduct promotions tied to these tournaments...more

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Maryland Introduces Legislation Authorizing High School Student-Athletes to Profit from Name, Image, and Likeness Rights

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Maryland State Delegate Jay Walker has introduced Maryland House Bill 1431, entitled Public High Schools-Student Athletes-Compensation for Name, Image and Likeness, which would authorize public high school athletes in the...more

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What Comes Next for the NCAA Name, Image, and Likeness Rules?

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There have been massive changes in American collegiate sports since this past summer: On June 30, 2021, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) radically changed course and announced that it would no longer...more

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Developing an NIL policy: Athlete use of institutional marks/logos and facilities (Part 3)

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In our continuing "Developing a NIL policy" series, we touch on topics that colleges and universities should consider in drafting a comprehensive (and compliant) policy. In this publication, we will focus on the use of...more

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In Defense of Ohio State's Application to Register THE as a Trademark

The picture you see is of a shirt from my husband’s closet – a gift I gave him a few years ago. He is a big Ohio State Buckeyes fan, and this is sort of an inside joke for OSU football fans. The word THE superimposed on the...more

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Cannabis Shirt Battle Costs Iowa State Almost $1M

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We previously posted about a four year legal battle that arose from a refusal by Iowa State University to let its school logos be used on t-shirts by an on-campus pro-cannabis group, and the free speech implications of this...more

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Cannabis Branding and Free Speech Considerations

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A recent out-of-court settlement following an 8th Circuit decision in Gerlich v. Leath highlights some of the unique legal issues that surround the branding of products in the cannabis space. In 2012, two students at Iowa...more

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Updates for Tax-Exempt Organizations from the Senate Bill

Early on December 2, 2017, the Senate passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Senate Bill”). This blog entry describes certain provisions of the Senate Bill that would have the most significant impact on the nonprofit...more

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Updates for Tax-Exempt Organizations from the Senate Markup to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Over the last several days, there have been significant developments relating to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the pending tax reform legislation in Congress. On Thursday, a detailed summary of the Senate Finance Committee’s...more

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Tax Reform: Focus on the Sports Industry

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Over the last several days, there have been significant developments relating to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the pending tax reform legislation in Congress. On Thursday, a detailed summary of the Senate Finance Committee’s...more

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